Connecticut western news., 1887-02-23
MT. s. H. Marsh, of Michigan, is re-

MT. s. H. Marsh, of Michigan, is re- ported as indorsing the mulberry as the best post timber in this country. It is almost rot-proof except at the surface of the ground, and easily grown in nearly all sections.
 Often pear trees that have proven un- fruitful can be induced to bear good crops by root pruning, says a writer. Sometimes top pruning will answer the same purpose. The work should be done during the latter part of March or very early in April.
 It is claimed that lettuce planted early in the spring between the rows of straw berry plants will protect the latter from the ravages of the white grubs, which prefer the roots of the lettuce to those of the strawberry.
 Potash will not help land already rich in potash. Neither will bone help crops on land rich in phosphoric acid, except as the nitrogen of bone may assist. Neither will reversing these fertilizers materially help crops upon land that needs both. Then try both.
 Dr. Sturtevant thinks that whether farmers shall buy mixed fertilizers or the the unmixed and shovel over and sift them themselves is a financial question purely. The farmer may afford to spend his time and run the risk of handling acids while his neighbor can not.
 Old bones, old boots, leather scraps and rags are excellent for placing in the holes intended for grape vines. It is a safe mode of getting them out Of the way and also render them serviceable. They may be of very little value at first, but sooner or later they will furnish plant food.
 Have your new house on naturally dry ground, but if this be impossible, drain it at least three feet below the bottom of the cellar wall. Do not lay the cellar wall plumb on either side. Have it broadcast at the bottom. and just as wide as the sill at the top. If it is like ly to freeze, put in brick wall inside. The future horse is a half or three quarter French, English Draft or Clyde. These crosses are now the most salable of any horses, as they are useful, and for many purposes not excelled. The smaller ones make excellent roadsters and grand farm horses. The large, ones are sought for to haul trucks.
 The most successful dairymen in al parts of the country are men with de- cided turns of mind toward commercial enterprise, says the American Dairy. man. He buys great quantities of grair or meal when the market is low, ano | turns his COWS into beef at the demand of the market.
 The "Dairy World' says aptly tha food, shelter and drink are the thre most important things to be considered in the treatment of COWS about to calve | The first should be such as to proven constipation. Linseed meal or warn soft boiled oats are good for the pur- pose. The water should be deprived o its chill.
 Plant on the roadside the who'll length of the farm, such trees as natur ally grew on the same place. Put then eight feet from the line. Have som planted around the dwelling, aud in tn gullies and waste places, where nothing else can grow, and cover the countr. with trees. They will help the climat and water supply.
 The proper condition for manur heap is in the shape of whatis known a compost. The finer it can be rendered the greater the case of spreading it owe the surface of the soil and the sooner i is converted into plant food. The dr. dirt assists in arresting the escape o volatile matter from the heap, while tn voided material is disintegrated an' { made more readily soluble. Tho care 0 the bedding is, therefore very import ant matter, as every pound of manur saved is so much gain, while the stall are rendered purer and the comfort c the animal increased.